Jammu, July 9 -- Six alleged drug peddlers were arrested with heroin in Udhampur, Jammu and Kathua districts, police said on Tuesday.

Arun Choudhary, a resident of Krowa, was arrested after 5.81 grams of heroin was recovered from his possession near the Tawi bridge near Jaganoo on Tuesday morning, a police spokesperson said.

He said the narcotics were recovered after a patrolling party noticed Choudhary moving around suspiciously and frisked him.

Three drug peddlers - Arun Singh of Rajiv Nagar, Mohammad Rustam Shah of Baramulla and Rubel Sharma alias Chinko of Talab Tillo - were arrested from Jammu bus stand, Nowabad and Bahu Fort, respectively, late Monday, the spokesperson said.

He said 20 grams of heroin and one weighing machine we...